Witness
עֵדָהStrong’s H5713edah (e-dah)
Appears in 25 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Edah is the Hebrew word usually translated “testimonies your”, “witness” and “testimonies his”. It appears in 25 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.”
Meaning
- Testimony, witness
- Always plural and always of laws as divine testimonies
How it's translated
- testimonies your 11
- a witness 3
- and testimonies his 3
- the testimonies 2
- testimonies his 2
- and a witness 1
- in testimonies your 1
- from testimonies your 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 19
- Deuteronomy 3
- Genesis 2
- Joshua 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 31:52This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
- Deuteronomy 4:45These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,
- Deuteronomy 6:17Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
- Deuteronomy 6:20And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?
- Joshua 24:27And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
- Psalms 25:10All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Hebrew dictionary
עֵדָה edah · witness
testimony, witness
עֵדָה edah · testimony
always plural and always of laws as divine testimonies
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “witness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WITNESS, noun
- Testimony; attestation of a fact or event.“If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true” John 5:31
- That which furnishes evidence or proof.“Laban said, this heap is a witness between me and thee this day” Genesis 31:48
- A person who knows or sees any thing; one personally present; as, he was witness; he was an eye-witness. 1 Peter 5:1
- One who sees the execution of an instrument, and subscribes it for the purpose of confirming its authenticity b his testimony.
All definitions and other forms of “witness”
- One who gives testimony; as, the witnesses in court agreed in all essential facts.
WITNESS, verb transitive
- To see or know by personal presence.
- To attest; to give testimony to; to testify to something.“Behold, how many things they witness against thee” Mark 15:4
- To see the execution of an instrument, and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity; as, to witness a bond or a deed.
WITNESS, verb intransitive
- To bear testimony.“The men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth” 1 Kings 21:13
- To give evidence.“The shew of their countenance doth witness against them” Isaiah 3:9
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.